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Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one. – Chinese Proverb

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It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong. – Voltaire

Every actual state is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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